Fertility Treatments

Low dose aspirin for recurrent m/c

ittybittybebe wrote:

Hi ladies,

First - sorry if I still have an old siggy on here my daughter is now two.

I have had three m/c after DD and our fertility specialist recommended baby aspirin as soon as we got a BFP. Has anyone had any experience with this? Success? Just trying to figure out whether it's worth trying again. I couldn't bare to go through another m/c again.

@ittybittybebe My sister in law had 5 mc before her RE had her start low dose 81 mg aspirin daily and she carried her 6th pregnancy and delivered a healthy baby. I have had 2 mc, and my RE had me start taking it..like her I started immediately..not sure why they told you to wait until you get a +...but it's safe to take it before too...I have been taking it daily for a few months now...good luck!

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littlesttiger

@ittybittybebe I did IVF to get pg with my daughter and baby aspirin was part of my daily protocol. My ob had me continue it until I was 36 weeks along. It's also been a part of my last 2 cycles as we try for #2. My RE explained that it can be helpful for a number of reasons.

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ittybittybebe

Thank you for your replies :) such positive news! I really hope this will work for me.

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angelicaastry

@ittybittybebe Definitely worth trying! It's so cheap too! At the IVF clinic I go to, they have you start the low dose aspirin as soon as you start the IVF cycle which is about a month to 6 weeks before the transfer occurs to get your body used to it. If you're trying, it doesn't hurt to start it immediately instead of waiting for that positive...

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ttcnumbertwo

@Rdy4bby2012 Rdy4bby2012: Your post gives me hope! Like your sis-in-law, I've had 5 miscarriages. My RE put me on baby aspirin and Folgard recently, since my bloodwork came back showing that I tested positive for homozygous MTHFR. MTHFR can cause (among other things) trisomies, stillbirths, early or late mc's. I know that one of the babies I lost had Trisomy 15, so I'm thinking it was caused by this horrible MTHFR. Hopefully, like your SIL, baby aspirin will prevent either of us from having any more mc's. How long did your SIL take it before getting pregnant?

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Rdy4bby2012

@ttcnumbertwo Wow, I'm so sorry you had to endure 5 losses before finding the problem. Good news is, you should be successful from this point! I'm pretty sure she had a loss due to Trisomy as well...I'm not positive but I'm thinking it was only a few weeks to a month that she had been taking it before she conceived again. She had no problem getting pregnant...just staying pregnant. Good luck n best wishes to you!

Wow! Your SIL sounds exactly like me! I have no problem getting pregnant, either. Despite being 40, last year I got pregnant in April, June, July and December. The pregnancy in July happened only about a week after I miscarried and that was the only one that we were able to test. She was a missed miscarriage. She was the one that we know was a trisomy baby. I had a d&c in September for that one. I'm really hoping the baby aspirin and Folgard is the solution. All of the other testing came back great. Hormone levels are great, HSG was clear, day 3 follicle count was great, and I'm not a carrier of any of the over 100 genetic diseases they tested for that can be passed on. The only issue found with me was the MTHFR. My hubby has yet to do the SA, so hopefully he has great results from that when he does it. Good luck to you! I'll be looking for your BFP announcement soon! : )

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Rdy4bby2012

@ttcnumbertwo That's great that all else is good! I'd also have them check progesterone...it can affect whether you maintain a pregnancy as well. And thank you, I'll be watching for your post too!! Along with my mc's I have problems getting pregnant so I'm hoping that when it does happen again it sticks and stays! I have my beta tomorrow after a clomid/trigger/timed intercourse cycle but I tested today and got a bfn so I'm going to change up my regimen for next cycle and see if that works! Best wishes!

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ttcnumbertwo

@Rdy4bby2012 I would have them test progesterone, but my RE said that they automatically put everyone on vaginal progesterone no matter what their treatment protocol, just as a precaution. I'll probably have to be on vaginal progesterone, then switch to 17p shots from week 16-37, since I have a 5-year-old son (He was my 2nd pregnancy. 1st one was a miscarriage.) who was born premature at 32-weeks. It's a great possibility that my progesterone dips too much at times during pregnancy. That may be why he was early. We don't know. I'm sorry this cycle was a no-go. Good luck with your next cycle!

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Rdy4bby2012

@ttcnumbertwo Oh that's great news! I wish mine automatically did it! Sounds like you and your dr. may have all the kinks worked out!

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